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Box with Design of Bellflower and Bush Clover
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Box with Design of Bellflower and Bush Clover

second half of the 19th century

Medium

Gold inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tin" to "Gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, tin and mother-of-pearl inlay on gold ground

Dimensions

H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); W. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); D. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Classification

Lacquer

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

Public Domain

About Ogata Kōrin

1658–1716Japan

Noted as one of the most important Japanese artists of the 17th century; known for paintings of irises and other subjects. He was regarded, along with Sotatsu, as one of the masters of the Sotatsu-Koetsu school of decorative painting, including painted screens and textile designs. He was descended from a samurai who had served under the Ashikaga rulers.